125 Years
October 24, 1898
The Inland Telephone Company has reached this city with its line connecting the towns in the northern part of the county with Sidney. The office of the company in this city will be at the drug store of C.J. Briggs. The office will be opened sometime next week.
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The receipts of the Sidney post office for 1897 were $12,181 and for the fiscal year of 1898 are $12,871.60.
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There has been another change in the football game scheduled to be played here Wednesday between the Sidney and Dayton teams. The game will not be played. Instead, a game between Sidney and Union City will be played here on Friday and on Saturday the Sidney team will go to Dayton to play. The game with the Dayton team will be played in this city on November 5.
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A number of people from this city went to Marion yesterday for the dedication of the new St. Mary’s Catholic church in that city. Rev. Father Mulvihill, formerly of Sidney, is the present pastor at Marion.
100 Years
October 24, 1923
The committee in charge of the indoor circus to be given by the Sidney Amusement Company at the armory on Nov. 1, 2, and 3, held a rousing meeting at the Hotel Wagner last evening. The committee reports final arrangements for staging the most elaborate production Sidney has ever seen.
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Vertner’s Eagles Eyes held a slight lead over Ehrhardt’s Hawk Eyes following the first week’s shoot of the newly-formed Sidney rifle club. In the shoot held at the armory, the Vertner team scored 1072 points, while Ehrhardt’s team had 1037 points. Ehrhardt led all shooters with 95 points.
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Cars driven by Postmaster Harry Oldham and James Baker were involved in an accident on the Mosquito creek bridge this morning. Accounts indicated that the northbound Baker auto skidded as it entered the bridge and was struck by the southbound Oldham car. Both machines were heavily damaged but neither driver was injured.
75 Years
October 24, 1948
Open house at the Shelby County home will be held tomorrow afternoon from 2 to 5 o’clock it was announced today by the City Federation of Women’s clubs, sponsors of the current improvement program. The affair will give residents of the county an opportunity to see the improvements made.
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Flashing a murderous ground assault, Sidney High School’s Yellow Jackets capped the Dad’s Night festivities in awe-inspiring fashion by slaughtering Oakwood’s hapless Lumberjacks 55 to 5 at Julia Lamb field last night.
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An Angus steer, shown by Ivan Zorn, R.R. 1, Jackson Center, placed fourth in the medium class in the junior feeder show being held this week at Columbus Union Stockyards.
50 Years
October 24, 1973
Items to be placed in the cornerstone of the new Sidney-Shelby YMCA building on Parkwood St. are on display in the Ohio Building in downtown Sidney.
Inside the capsule will be a photo copy of the deed, a campaign brochure, the 1973-74 schedule of programs, a May 1 edition of the Sidney Daily News announcing plans and contracts, a complete list of donors, a history of the local “Y”, the cornerstone program, and the 1972 annual report.
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Anyone walking down the halls of Parkwood Elementary School these days might hear youngsters whistling an “mmm good” song as they are saving Campbell’s Soup can labels to buy audio-visual equipment.
Principal Boyd Marcum said between 10,000 and 12,000 labels are needed to exchange for three cassette player recorders, a cassette play back machine and 24 blank tapes. The project was suggested by the Campbell Soup Co.
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LIMA – Sidney’s Todd Willman recovered enough from Saturday’s stomach cramps at the Class AAA Sectional cross country meet at Springfield to place second Tuesday afternoon here in the final Miami Valley League meet.
Willman ran a fine 10:15 while Lima Shawnee’s Chris Roberts was first in 10:13, a mere two seconds ahead of the Yellow Jacket Harrier.
25 Years
October 24, 1998
New residents will have access to a new publication on the community by year’s end. The Sidney-Shelby County Chamber of Commerce is revising its community image book, which was last updated in 1994. The booklet informs new residents about life in Shelby County.
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Sidney Council will review what action can be taken to close “the donut hole” of non-city land surrounded by the City of Sidney on the west side of St. Marys Road, from Russell Road to the property adjacent to Harmon Field. There are 39 different property owners and Ohio law requires more than 50 percent to sign annexation petitions.
The staff is recommending continued efforts to try to get the landowners to sign an annexation petition. If this does not occur, council could authorize its staff to develop a policy and notify landowners of possible withdrawal of utility service for those not signing the petition.
These news items from past issues of the Sidney Daily News are compiled by the Shelby County Historical Society (937-498-1653) as a public service to the community. Local history on the Internet! www.shelbycountyhistory.org. Visit the Sidney Daily News website, www.sidneydailynews.com to read the rest of the week’s columns.
